Movement III - Crypt - Dance (Orchestra)

Paul McCartney

SHANTYAnd so it was that I had grownInto a youth uncertain, thrownAmongst the lions and the lambs.To pass the time we watched thechildren dance.

DANCE (ORCHESTRA)

I used to come here when this placewas a crypt.Now the music plays.Oh don't you sometimes wish they'd stickto the scriptAs the local preacher says.

Rain from heaven will blessings bring,Behold the harvest grown.Rain from heaven falls down on you,But me, I feel alone.

PREACHER (sympathetically)Alone.

SHANTYAlone.

PREACHERIf they won't come to worship Godin a churchSomething must be done.We have to instigate a nationwide searchFor a way to make it fun.Rain from heaven will blessings bring,Behold the harvest grown.

SHANTY and PREACHERRain from heaven falls down on you,

SHANTYBut me, I feel alone.Alone.

Here now,What am I doing here now?Hear me,Why do you never hear me?Why do you never hear me?

MARY DEE (as half-ghost)I'll always be here.I'll never leave you.I'll always be in your mind.Dreams of the future,Ghosts of the past left behind.

WOMEN'S CHORUS(Ah)

SHANTYThought I had a visionLying in a graveyard,Thought I heard a melody inside.Could it be the future,Speaking with the voice of those who died?

Thought I saw a kingdom,Happiness and laughter,Somewhere for an innocent to play.Is there any justice?Do these things still happen in this way?

MARY DEEDon't tell him no,It isn't fair.For he was told by those who knowThere was love everywhere.

SHANTYLove everywhere.

MARY DEENow's the time to tell him,While his mother's crying.Break it to him gently as she weeps.Let him know his fatherWill be well looked after, where he sleeps.